3 September 2026
PY intervention fears grow after USD/JPY slides, while AUD gains on strong GDP and NZD weakens after the RBNZ decision.
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3 September 2026
The Tokelau community is mourning Neil Walter, a New Zealand career diplomat, who served multiple times as the administrator to Tokelau.
3 September 2026
Southland's regional council will cut a channel to the sea after weeks of unusually high water levels at the lagoon.
3 September 2026
Tauranga’s council appointed lawyers just four days after the landslide killed six people.
3 September 2026
Federal agents face off with protesters in a Minneapolis neighborhood after a federal agent shot a man from Venezuela while attempting to detain him in January. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images Over the “strongest possible” objections from the federal prosecutor handling the case, leaders at the Department of Justice in Washington, D. C. , quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it.
3 September 2026
It comes as Taiwan's Foreign Minister told Australian media in Palau he - or another minister - is keen to attend the New Zealand meeting.
3 September 2026
A sleepy suburban seat in the outer suburbs of Perth called Secret Harbour, one that has voted Labor for virtually its entire history, swung firmly toward the opposite end of the political spectrum ...
3 September 2026
The San Francisco 49ers are heading Down Under for Week 1, and two of the team’s biggest stars will be making the trip. Defensive end Nick Bosa and tight ...
